Educação a distância: sua viabilidade para capacitação de professores de geografia
The purpose of the present work is to make a Land Use and a Vegetation Cover map of Uberlândia in 2002, and to analyze transformations in land use within city between 1988 and 2002. The Land Use map was produced using Landsat 7 satellite ETM+ images gotten in October 12, 2002. The maps were produced...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2005-06-01
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| Series: | Sociedade & Natureza |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=22&article=9&mode=pdf |
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| Summary: | The purpose of the present work is to make a Land Use and a Vegetation Cover map of Uberlândia in 2002, and to analyze transformations in land use within city between 1988 and 2002. The Land Use map was produced using Landsat 7 satellite ETM+ images gotten in October 12, 2002. The maps were produced using softwares like AutoCAD Map and Spring 4.1. The results showed that the area used for agriculture increased, from 15.7% to 25.6%. This increase is due to the increment of soy and corn crops on the cultivated area. On the other hand, ind contribuited to the decrease of pasture, from 54.8% to 45.7% of the area, as well as of reflorestation, coming to 8.7% of the area compared to former 5.6% |
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| ISSN: | 0103-1570 1982-4513 |